Yep! The rises in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's are only possible because humans are now living long enough to regularly get to older ages. As I discuss in the piece, despite increases in some chronic diseases humans are on average healthier than they have ever been at any point in our past history.
Parkinson's disease is growing fast. We are the healthiest ever?
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8688697/
Alzheimer's disease is growing fast. We are the healthiest ever?
https://www.alz.org/alzheimers-dementia/facts-figures
Yep! The rises in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's are only possible because humans are now living long enough to regularly get to older ages. As I discuss in the piece, despite increases in some chronic diseases humans are on average healthier than they have ever been at any point in our past history.